You
can lead a wallflower to the ball, but you can't make her bloom-unless one
daring young bachelor turns up the heat…

What's
a nice girl like Miss Juliet Shelby doing at a place like Lord Deveril's
ballroom? With her shy demeanor, she's a total stranger to the dance floor and
a source of mockery for the ton. So imagine her surprise when Deveril gallantly
comes to her defense-and offers to teach her to dance! Juliet can hardly
believe the most handsome bachelor in London would notice her, until he takes
her in his arms and sets her heart ablaze…

Lord Alec Deveril has never felt such a spark of
attraction for an unmarried lady before. Unlike the "fashionable"
ladies he's accustomed to, Juliet possesses a generous spirit, a fiery
intelligence-and an explosive secret. Deep in the London underworld, a dear
friend has vanished, and Juliet fears the worst. Deveril insists on helping,
escorting her through the darkest alleys in town. But he too is hiding a
shocking secret-and the only way he can defeat the devil in his past is to
seduce the angel in his arms…

Review:

I have to say I love it when the Wallflower gets the guy.
Juliet is not like Cecily. She is shy and not argumentative, and its from a
life of being put down. So you have to love it when a guy (THE guy of society)
falls for her. Then there is the romance. The first novel was filed with
passion. I loved it. Cecily and Lucas are meant for each other. This one has
romance. It has Alec and Juliet getting to know each other and Alec marrying
her for reason other than he “ruined” her. I found the first book filled with
passion and this book filled with romance. I also liked the Villain in this
novel more. I was surprised…I couldn’t actually figure out who the bad guy was
in this novel until it was all revealed. Manda Collins knows how to bring a
story line along with her romance. Although sometimes I found bits boring, my
mind was constantly working and trying to figure out just what exactly was
going on.

Good:

Alec—He is very different from Winterson and very
different from they way he is seen in society.

Juliet—she hides a secret and I absolutely love that she
is the wallflower that gets to show up society

Winterson and Cecily—They are still around and I love it

Monteith—he is starting to grow on me. I love his humour

Bad:

The multiple names. Winterson is not Lucas’s first name.
Its not his last name either. And sometimes he gets called by all three. I
believe in this novel Alec doesn’t have as many, but because Cecily and
Winterson are still in this novel well it gets all typed of confusing some
times. Also some parts were a bit
boring.

Overall (Writing style, story line, and general):

Overall I loved the romance and the story line. I found
the characters enjoyable and all unique. Manda Collins really does know how to add
a mystery onto her romance and make a rather enjoyable, although long, read. I
can not wait for the third one in the novel

2 comments:

I liked your review and the way you listed the things you like and the things you did not. I have noticed in the MANY historicals that I have read, that the men often have multiple names. They have their given first & last names, and then their title name. Any or all of these can be what they are called, depending often on who is saying their names.